Page 8 of Reunited with the Soldier

“I will.”

FOUR

KASH

I’m sitting at the bar, watching as Lauren moves around it, serving customers and shooting the shit with the regulars. She’s got smiles for everyone but me. I hate that I hurt her. I fucked up. I made the stupidest mistake of my life by walking away and never contacting her. It was beyond stupid. Lauren was the only person that I have ever loved and now she hates me. I did that.

I want her back. I want to have her in my life and in my bed. I want everything with Lauren. Seeing her again yesterday just solidified how much I’ve missed her. I’m not stopping my mission to get her back. The thing about her being angry, it means she cares. She wouldn’t be pissed if she didn’t. It means that I have a chance to make things right.

“What are you doing here, Kash?” she asks as she stops and places a beer in front of him. “I told you, I needed to think.”

I look at the woman who’s always been on my mind. Always been the person my thoughts drifted to when times get tough. She’s my one regret. “I came for a beer,” I tell her as I bring the bottle to my lips.

She narrows her eyes at me. “Sure,” she drawls. “Seriously, Kash, you’re not helping things. You have no idea what the hell I went through after you left, but you didn’t give a fuck, though. You ran away, did everything to ensure that I’d never be able to find you. Yet, when I want peace and time, you’re here.” She shakes her head and moves away to serve another customer.

Fuck. I’ve really fucked up. More than I had even realized.

What the hell happened after I left?

I sit at the bar, watching her for the next few hours. She doesn’t say much to me, but I see her gaze move to my direction every few minutes to ensure that I’m still here. That’s progress. I just hope that we can sit down and talk, hash out the past, and move forward with the future.

“I’m going on break, Gem,” she tells the other server who quickly waves her away and continues serving the guy who’s been sitting there longer than I have.

I slide off my stool and follow Lauren out the back to the break room. “Kash, seriously?” she whispers, her eyes wide and her shoulders slumped forward.

“What happened after I left?” I ask as I step into her space. “Lo, baby, what happened?”

She shakes her head, tears in her eyes. I can’t take it, I pull her into my arms and I’m surprised when she doesn’t fight me. “Lo,” I growl. The feeling of having her soft body against mine is making me crazy. My cock is rock hard and I want her. Christ. I want to be so deep inside of her that I ache.

She looks up at me through her lashes and breathes deeply. “Kash.”

That’s all I can take. I slam my lips against her. Fuck. She tastes better than I remember, so much better.

“Lo,” I growl, my hand sliding into her hair and tugging it back. She gasps and I take advantage, sliding my tongue into her mouth and taking everything that I have missed in the past few years.

The moment our tongues touch the air goes static and something changes. We’re pulling at one another’s clothes, the passion builds between us and within minutes I have her pushed up against the door, her legs wrapped around my waist, and my cock at her entrance. I don’t hesitate, I thrust deep into her.

I groan long and hard as her snug heat encases my cock. Christ. Nothing is better than this. Nothing is better than my Lauren. Fuck. I’ve missed her. I continue kissing her, unwilling to stop.

“Lo,” I growl, not able to get enough of her. I wish I’d locked the door when we came in here, but it’s too late now.

She releases a low moan, her arms tightening around me. “Kash,” she whimpers.

“Yes,” I grunt as I begin to move. Thrusting inside of her like a man possessed. God, it’s been too fucking long.

She throws her head back and moans. The sexy sound comes from the back of her throat and it’s one that I want to hear a fuck of a lot more.

I hammer into her, my cock pushing into her tight warmth. “So fucking tight.” I grunt with a grin, and start nipping at her jaw. My lips got to her neck and I begin to suck. She comes un-fucking-done, bouncing on my cock, her nails clawing at my back. Fuck. I fucking love that.

She cries out as I sink my teeth into her flesh, her pussy contracting around my cock. “Lo, fuck,” I growl. my pace relentless, brutal, as I fuck her with abandonment. She’s so fucking beautiful. I can’t believe that I’ve found her again. I’m not going to lose her. Not again. Never again.

I pull my face back from hers and look at her, the drunk with lust heavy eyes, the swollen lips with smudged lipstick, not to mention the thin sheen of sweat on her face just add to her beauty. “So fucking beautiful.”

She swallows hard, her eyes bright with need. “Please, Kash,” she pleads, throwing her head back. “I’m so close, make me cum, please.”

I tighten my grip around her hips as I feel my spine tingling, she’s not the only one that’s close. “This isn’t a one time thing, Lo, I’m not going away,” I tell her. There’s not a chance in hell that I’m walking away. She’s all I have ever wanted.

“Hmmm,” she whines, not really listening to me. “Please,” she groans.

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